Experimental...

Lyrics. Descriptive words aligned with musical notes and rhythmic patterns. Kinda boring, huh? Unless they happen to strike deep in your soul, which is what happened to me just this afternoon.

On my way to lunch with a friend I heard this:

"Oh,what I would do to have
the kind of faith it takes
To climb out of this boat I'm in
Onto the crashing waves
To step out of my comfort zone
Into the realm of the unknown
Where Jesus is,
And he's holding out his hand"

"But the waves are calling out my name
and they laugh at me
Reminding me of all the times
I've tried before and failed
The waves they keep on telling me
time and time again
"Boy, you'll never win,
you'll never win."

Who hasn't felt the "waves...laugh" at one time or another? We all have, but then, just as the water begins to swamp the boat, the song continues...

"But the voice of truth tells me a different story
the voice of truth says "do not be afraid!"
and the voice of truth says "this is for my glory"
Out of all the voices calling out to me
I will choose to listen and believe the voice of truth"

Those words, powerful enough on the written page, are doubly so while dancing in and out of notes, rhythms, sounds. It is the power of song.

Not only do I like to listen to great songs, one day I hope to write one. I am not talking about a hit song, which does not necessarily mean a song is "great." Therefore, I thought I would try an experiment...write a line and see if anyone out there would write another to go with it. Here's my line:

"I wrote this song to launch my dream
kissing the shore goodbye"


Happy writing!